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    Back issues field dressing.

    Some interesting points. Living in the west, I can only remember gutting deer on flat ground a couple times - years ago when I was young and indestructable. Now I tie the elk heads to a tree to keep everything from sliding down the hill, flip them over on their back and tie a leg to keep them...
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    Chargemaster drifting weights

    Do you gents recommend a second scale to verify the chargemaster results at least on a intermittant test. If so what one is recommended?
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    What time do all you geezers get up in the morning?

    Bed by 10:30; up at 2:30-3:00 to pee; up at 6:30. This cycle started in my late 50s. At 73 it isn't improving. There isn't anything like sleeping in anymore.
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    Fool me once Salewa….

    In 1981 I bought a pair of white loggers for $150. In 2005 I bought a second pair for $500. I'm still wearing both of them. I have had the bottoms resoled a couple times and have worn them for work as well as hunting in timbered country and steep as hell cliffy country. I'm guessing my first...
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    Montana (and other state) hunter orange laws out dated?

    Years ago my hunting partner said the greatest safety feature in hunting was the antler requirement. It forces you to take your time to determine your target for legality. Not only having antlers but determining if they have enough (4 inch browtine or none for a cow). Snap shots and noise shots...
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    Oops

    I bought a new scope and through the process of sighting it in, I think I may have discovered a problem from the past. As I dialed the scope in I would find the hits close and then scattered. I was just about ready to send the new scope back when I started trying to identify the source of the...
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    Duffle bag as luggage

    Last time I did, I flew into Juneau. The airlines had torn the duffle and everytime it went around the baggage circle it spilled more 45lc. I must have had 10 people picking bullets for me but that was in the 70s. Counter that with a 45lc cartridge in my dop kit in about 2008 in Boise. They...
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    The snow is melting fairly fast but there is still snowpack above 7000. The groundwater is higher than it has been in 5 years. All my ponds are full for the first time in 5 years. All are discharging steadily with streams 2" by 2ft. My fields have whitecaps in the plow furrows. There is snow...
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    Talk me out of, or into a canoe

    Years ago I bought a 7 1/2 ft rubber raft that I have used on western rivers and lakes. It works for two, handles the dogs and is much more stable in rough water. I can handle it by myself because it is light and only harder in high winds at least on overland trips. I certainly feel more...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    You are right where the rest of us are at. The answer is cover more land. Drainage by drainage - ridgetop to ridgetop. Sometimes really hard winters drive the game to differant winter ranges and they don't come back. You are at the search stage and the choices are some or none. Time to learn a...
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    Found an old trap in the woods...

    I think the newhouse with cast teeth was a 4 1/2 wolf trap. I used to see a lot of them in the 60s. Most newhouse have riveted jaws and unique chains. The oneida had jaws that fit in holes. I've never seen one with riveted teeth.
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    Value of Old Intel

    I keep 50 - 60 years of data on topographic maps. They allow me to see a bigger picture as I go through my annual process of elimonation of where to hunt. It allows me to narrow down my search from 1-2 million acres to 3-5000 acres. I just don't have time or strength any more to hunt all the...
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    Single Riding Horse for 3 days In

    When I worked in Hells Canyon in 75 there was quite a trail connection to Enterprise Oregon. How much of this has survived I have no idea. I did one recon trip from Riggens on the Rapid River trails and was impressed. Most of what I did on the Oregon side was by jetboat or helicopter so I can't...
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    The cartridge for the next 30 years….

    The frustrating part of our society are changes within our retail suppliers as to components. For years I could depend on specific components being in all of the stores. When I happened to be in town I could drop in and pick up things based on my available cash, projected need, and availability...
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    Four Wheele for the Mountains Considerations

    Just a point to ponder: We had a side by side on a project. It was a hot summer day and my partner drove it over a berm and high centered the rig. We had no traction to go anywhere and the berm held the doors closed. The windows don't roll down and there was no escape. By the grace of god we...
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